The Fountain of Life
The Fountain of Life opened up: or, a display
of Christ in his essential and mediatorial glory.
by John Flavel, 1671
Choice excerpts
To the Christian Reader
Sermon 1. The Excellency of the
Subject.
Sermon 2. Christ in his essential and
primeval Glory.
Sermon 3. The Covenant of Redemption
between the Father and the Redeemer.
Sermon 4. The amazing love of God in
giving his own Son for us.
Sermon 5. Christ's wonderful Person.
Sermon 6. The Authority by which
Christ, as Mediator, acted.
Sermon 7. The Solemn Consecration of
the Mediator.
Sermon 8. The Nature of Christ's
Mediation.
Sermon 9. The first Branch of
Christ's Prophetic Office,
consisting in the Revelation of the Will of God.
Sermon 10. The second Branch of
Christ's Prophetical Office,
consisting in the Illumination of the Understanding.
Sermon 11. The Nature and necessity
of the Priesthood of Christ.
Sermon 12. The Excellency of our
High-Priest's Oblation,
being the first Act or Part of His Priestly Office.
Sermon 13. The Intercession of
Christ our High-priest,
being the second Act or Part of his Priestly Office.
Sermon 14. A Vindication of the
Satisfaction of Christ,
as the first Effect or Fruit of his Priesthood.
Sermon 15. The blessed Inheritance
purchased by the Oblation
of Christ, being the second Effect or Fruit of his Priesthood.
Sermon 16. The Kingly Office of
Christ, as it is executed
spiritually upon the Souls of the Redeemed.
Sermon 17. The Kingly Office of
Christ, as it is providentially
executed in the World, for the Redeemed.
Sermon 18. The Necessity of Christ's
Humiliation, in order to the Execution of all these his blessed Offices for
us; and particularly of his Humiliation by Incarnation.
Sermon 19. Christ's Humiliation in
his Life.
Sermon 20. Christ's Humiliation unto
Death, in his first preparative Act for it.
Sermon 21. The second preparative
Act of Christ for his own Death.
Sermon 22. The third preparative Act
of Christ for his own Death.
Sermon 23. The first Preparation for
Christ's Death, on his Enemies Part, by the treason at Judas.
Sermon 24. The second and third
Preparatives for the Death of Christ, by his illegal Trial and Condemnation.
Sermon 25. Christ's memorable
Address to the Daughters of Jerusalem, in his Way to the Place of his
Execution.
Sermon 26. The Nature and Quality of
Christ's Death.
Sermon 27. The signal Providence,
which directed and ordered the Title affixed to the cross of Christ.
Sermon 28. The manner of Christ's
Death, in respect to the Solitariness thereof.
Sermon 29. The manner of Christ's
Death, in respect of the Patience thereof.
Sermon 30. The Instructiveness of
the Death of Christ, in his seven last Words; the first of which is here
illustrated.
Sermon 31. The second excellent Word
of Christ upon the Cross.
Sermon 32. The third of Christ's
last Words upon the Cross.
Sermon 33. The fourth excellent
Saying of Christ upon the Cross.
Sermon 34. The fifth excellent
Saying of Christ upon the Cross.
Sermon 35. The sixth excellent
Saying of Christ upon the Cross.
Sermon 36. The seventh and last Word
with which Christ breathed out his Soul.
Sermon 37. Christ's Funeral
illustrated, in its Manner, Reasons, and excellent Ends.
Sermon 38. Wherein four weighty Ends
of Christ's Humiliation are opened, and particularly applied.
Sermon 39. Wherein the Resurrection
of Christ, with its influences upon the Saints Resurrection, is clearly
opened, and comfortably applied, being the first Step of his Exaltation.
Sermon 40. The Ascension of Christ
illustrated, and variously improved, being the Second Step of his
Exaltation.
Sermon 41. The Session of Christ at
God's right-hand explained and applied, being the third Step of his glorious
Exaltation.
Sermon 42. Christ's Advent to
Judgment, being the fourth and last Degree of his Exaltation, illustrated
and improved.
General Use, Exhortation and
Application